App Dev Worksheet: Accessibility
Developer's tip (Design for everyone): Our rule: text is at least 16 px; every icon has a text label for screen readers. Add captions to videos; never use colour as the only clue. Big touch targets and strong contrast help everyone.
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- 1.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 2.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 16 px
Hint: 14 px
Label: 18 px
Caption: 22 px (a) Label (b) Hint (c) Title (d) Caption - 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) labels on every icon (c) sudden loud sounds (d) fast-flashing lights
- 5.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 6.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) the battery (c) the server (d) colour-blind users
- 7.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to slow them down (c) to hide the sound (d) to add colour
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) colour as the only clue (c) icons with no labels (d) fast-flashing lights
- 9.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 26 px
Menu: 16 px
Title: 23 px
Footer: 9 px (a) Title (b) Menu (c) Footer (d) Hint - 11.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 12.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 13.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) labels on every icon (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
- 15.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 16.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 17.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) big touch targets (c) labels on every icon (d) tiny tap areas
- 18.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a sound (b) a text label (c) a bright colour (d) a long animation
- 19.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 20.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 21.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 28 px
Caption: 24 px
Menu: 9 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Menu - 25.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) captions on videos (c) fast-flashing lights (d) big touch targets
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 17 px
Label: 18 px
Body text: 11 px
Footer: 19 px
Hint: 18 px (a) Label (b) Title (c) Footer (d) Body text - 27.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) sudden loud sounds (d) captions on videos
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 18 px
Menu: 27 px
Body text: 25 px
Title: 13 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Title (d) Caption - 29.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 30.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 11 px
Footer: 17 px
Hint: 19 px - 32.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) icons with no labels (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
- 33.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 34.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 35.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) big touch targets (b) sudden loud sounds (c) tiny tap areas (d) icons with no labels
- 36.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) captions on videos (c) text that can grow (d) labels on every icon
- 37.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 38.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) makes text tiny (b) takes photos (c) plays music (d) reads the screen aloud
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 26 px
Body text: 9 px
Hint: 23 px (a) Body text (b) Hint (c) Title - 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) strong colour contrast (c) big touch targets (d) icons with no labels
Answer key
- 2
- True
- Hint
- labels on every icon
- False
- colour-blind users
- so anyone can follow
- big touch targets
- makes it harder
- Footer
- helps everyone
- makes it harder
- makes it harder
- tiny tap areas
- False
- 8
- tiny tap areas
- a text label
- 10
- 3
- True
- False
- False
- Menu
- fast-flashing lights
- Body text
- captions on videos
- Title
- 9
- makes it harder
- 1
- text that can grow
- True
- 6
- big touch targets
- sudden loud sounds
- True
- reads the screen aloud
- Body text
- icons with no labels
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